47487 : phpMyAdmin setup.php Configuration Manipulation Based XSS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-07-28

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-3457" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted setup arguments. NOTE: this issue can only be exploited in limited scenarios in which the attacker must be able to modify config/config.inc.php.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.11.8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

phpMyAdmin Devel Team

phpMyAdmin

2.11.7 and lower

References

CVE ID: 2008-3457 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 31263 31312 31960 32834
Related OSVDB ID: 47486
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-2226
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00230.html
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
Mail List Post: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=102261

Credit

Aung Khant - YGN Ethical Hacker Group

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-08-05 | Disagree?

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